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ATMAN

/ˈɑːtman/5 letters

Definition of ATMAN

noun

The true self of an individual beyond identification with worldly phenomena, the essence of an individual, an infinitesimal part of Brahman.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Sanskrit आत्मन् (ātmán, “soul; self; ego; essence”). Doublet of edder (“blood vessel”) and cognate with Old English ǣþm (“breath”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ATMAN in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Boards found on
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First board
1
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

lepidopterist

on Day 119, 16 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ATMAN
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ATMAN starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAMNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start ATMAN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ATMAN?

OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 119 - and most players walked straight past it.

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